Jesus said,"the Couselor...when He comes, He will convict the world of guilt...righteousness and judgment." Acts 16:7-8

     It is the Holy Spirit who convicts us of sin, who makes us feel how good and righteous, and just and patient God is, and how guilty we are, and how unfit for Heaven, and near to Hell.  It is the Holy Spirit who leads us to true repentance and confession and amendment of life; and when our repentance is complete, and our surrender is unconditional, it is He who reasons with us, calms our fears, soothes or troubles hearts, banishes our darkness, and enables us to look to Jesus and believe on Him for the forgiveness of all our sins and the salvation of our souls.

     And when we yield and trust, and are accepted of the Lord, saved by grace, it is He who assures us of the Gather's favor and notifies us that we are saved.  "The Spirit bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God."  He is ‘the Spirit of Adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father" (Romans 8.15-16).

     And His that gentle voice we hear,
          Soft as the breath of even,
     That checks each fault, that calms each fear,
          And speaks of Heaven.

     It is He who strengthens the new convert to fight against and overcome sin, and it is He who begets within him a hope of fuller righteousness through faith in Christ. - [page 10]

     The truth or word which sanctifies is the record God has given us of His will and of that divine sacrifice, that precious blood.  The faith that purifies is that sure confidence in that word which leads to renunciation of all self-righteousness, that utter abandonment to God's will, and full dependence on the merits of the precious blood, the faith that works by love, for faith without works is dead.  And thus we draw nigh to God, and God draws nigh to us, the Holy Ghost falls upon us, comes into us, and cleanses our hearts by the destruction of sin and the shedding abroad within us of the love of God. - [page 20]

     ...if the soul, renouncing self and sin and the world, with ardor of faith in the precious Blood for cleansing and in the promise of the gift of the Holy Spirit, draws nigh to God, God will draw nigh to that soul, and the blessed union will be effected suddenly.  In that instant, what faith has reckoned done will be done, the death-stroke will be given to the old man, sin will die, and the heart will be clean and wholly alive toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ.  It will not be a mere make-believe experience, but a gloriously real one. - [page 17]

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